Extra Time with GirlsontheBall

Join Sophie and Rachel as they run through the penultimate WSL weekend's fixtures, as well as reflecting on London City Lionesses big win and promotion from the Barclays Championship.

Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they look back at the decisive midweek action that saw the Barclays WSL won by Chelsea... again. They also sit down with Birmingham's Lucy Quinn ahead of their Championship decider and find out how Nottingham Forest's Charlie Wellings is celebrating her team's promotion to the BWC. 

Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they look back on the second legs of the UWCL semi-finals, as Arsenal book their spot in Lisbon. They also delve into the Barclays WSL results and how the Championship is coming down to the wire.

Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they look back on a difficult weekend for Arsenal and Chelsea in their respective Champions League semi-finals. Plus they check in on how the WSL is playing out as teams enter their final block of games. 

Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they travel to Vancouver to watch the inaugural match in the Northern Super League, Canada's very first women's professional football league. 

Join Sophie and Rachel as they look back over the Adobe Women's FA Cup semi-finals as Chelsea and Manchester United book their respective spots for the Wembley show down. Plus Vancouver is on the horizon for the pair as they head over the Vancouver for the NSL opener. 

Join Sophie and Rachel as they look back over a wild international break. With England putting on a stellar performance followed by a worrying display, the Home Nations having an up and down set of games and Ireland getting some much needed wins under their belt, there's plenty to get in to. 

Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they look back on the weekend's Barclays WSL action, check in on the Championship and look to another batch of Nations League fixtures.

Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they look back at this week's UWCL quarter finals and how to English teams overcame a 2-0 deficit to book their spots in the semi's. Plus they look at the pros and cons of the new World 7's League. 

Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they look back on all the week's Champions League and UWCL action and that's not just Man City vs Chelsea.

Join Sophie and Rachel as they look back over the first clash for silverware of the season as Chelsea pip Manchester City to the Subway League Cup. Elsewhere Liverpool shock Manchester United and Palace have turned the relegation battle on it's head.

Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they run through the FA Cup quarter finals, discuss another managerial sacking and share some interesting insights on the impact of the 50 year ban on women's football. 

Join GirlsontheBall's Sophie and Rachel as they welcome Spurs' Ella Morris onto a super sub special episode. The conversation covers Ella's international and domestic career and looks back at her journey into football.

Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they discuss the weekend's WSL drama, the Championship table and will relegation really be scrapped?

Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they dissect England and Ireland's recent international fixtures and react to the news of Matt Beard's departure from Liverpool.

Join GirlsontheBall's Sophie and Rachel as they look back on the weekend's league action and look ahead to the Nations League fixtures. 

Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they look back over last week's Subway Cup semi-finals and all of the Adobe Women's FA Cup action. 

In this FA Cup special episode, Rachel from GirlsontheBall sits down with Wolves captain Anna Morphet ahead of their 5th round, home clash with Manchester United.

Join Sophie and Rachel on the latest episode of Extra Time with GirlsontheBall as Arsenal beat Manchester City in a seven-goal thriller and relive all of the drama from deadline day including that Chloe Kelly move. 

Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they chat to PGMOL referee Mel Burgin about her career, the training, her highlights and she even answers some of your questions!

Join Sophie and Rachel on the latest episode of Extra Time with GirlsontheBall to relive this weekends WSL action, inlcuding the drame between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge as the Blues extended their lead at the top of the table.

Sophie and Rachel of GirlsontheBall, dissect a drama filled WSL weekend, hear from Jen Beattie on her retirement and touch on the latest notable transfers. 

In this special episode of Extra Time with GirlsontheBall, Rachel speaks to recent inductees Alex Scott, Steph Houghton and Gilly Flaherty about their careers and the advice they'd give to their younger selves. You can also hear what referee Rebecca Welch had to say about being inducted into the Hall of Fame in our previous ET with GOTB episode.

Sophie and Rachel are back after a big Adobe Women's FA Cup weekend - plenty of goals, some much welcome returns and a bunch of frozen pitches. Plus they discuss Casey Stoney's new role and chat to new Barclays WSL Hall of Fame-r, Rebecca Welch. 

Join GirlsontheBall's Rachel and Sophie for the first Extra Time with GirlsontheBall episode of 2025 as they look ahead to a year full of exciting football.

Join GirlsontheBall's Rachel and Sophie as they look back on the Barclays WSL season so far and give each team a mid-season report card.

Join GirlsontheBall's Rachel and Sophie as they look back on this weekends wet and windy WSL results and also look ahead to match day of the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Join GirlsontheBall's Rachel and Sophie as they sit down with USWNT coach and former Chelsea boss Emma Hayes. They talk through her early years in the US, success with the blues and what it was really like winning the Olympic gold.

There will be no Monday episode of Extra Time with GirlsontheBall this week due to multiple work commitments and less games to cover this weekend. BUT we didn't want to leave you with nothing, so here is a little teaser of our upcoming episode with Emma Hayes, dropping on Thursday.

Join GirlsontheBall's Rachel and Sophie as they look back on this week's WSL and Championship action. From Chelsea's statement win at Stamford Bridge to Arsenal cruising through the North London Derby + Everton's controversial win, there was plenty to discuss.   Plus you can vote for GirlsontheBall in the FSA Awards: https://thefsa.org.uk/news/fsa-awards-2024-vote-now/

Join Rachel and Sophie as they spend the day at Bristol City FC. With an interview with Bristol Sport Group CEO Gavin Marshall and new Head of Women's Football Romanay Pinnock to delve into their new strategy and a trip to a local primary school with Amy Rodgers and Mari Ward, this episode lifts the lid on Bristol City in the community. 

Join GirlsontheBall's Rachel and Sophie as they look back on this week's WSL and Championship action. From first wins to first goals, there's plenty to chat about plus the look ahead to another weekend of UWCL fixtures.  Plus you can vote for GirlsontheBall in the FSA Awards: https://thefsa.org.uk/news/fsa-awards-2024-vote-now/

Welcome back to the final episode of our special Extra Time with GirlsontheBall series from the U17 FIFA Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic. In this one, Rachel and Sophie chat to a the USA's Kennedy Fuller and England's Laila Harbert about what it's like playing on the world stage and their dreams are for the future. This coverage is supported by Xero, a small business accounting software and Official Partner of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Big thanks to US Soccer, Kennedy Fuller the FA and Laila Harbert for their time.

Join GirlsontheBall's Rachel and Sophie as they return from the recent international break and the Dominican Republic to review the most recent Barclays WSL and Championship. 

Welcome back to the second of three special Extra Time with GirlsontheBall episodes from the U17 FIFA Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic. In this one, Rachel and Sophie dive into the life of a national team coach. Talking to 4 national team coaches at the U17WWC, they explore: what it takes to get there, who supported their journey and what it's like leading a team on the world stage. This coverage is supported by Xero, a small business accounting software and Official Partner of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Big thanks to US Soccer, Katie Schoepfer, the FA, Natalie Henderson, New Zealand Football, Alana Gunn and the Dominican Republic team.

Welcome back to the first of three special Extra Time with GirlsontheBall episodes from the U17WWC in the Dominican Republic. In this one, Rachel and Sophie dive into all things data, analysis and technology. Exploring what FIFA are doing off the pitch to help improve the action on it with great input and insight from their Technical Study Group. This coverage is supported by Xero, a small business accounting software and Official Partner of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Big thanks to Pascal, Vanessa, Elliot and Shaun for their time. For more information about the work FIFA are doing, visit: https://www.fifatrainingcentre.com/en/

Join Rachel and Sophie in the Dominican Republic as they cover the Young Lionesses group stage at the U17 FIFA Women's World Cup. In this episode, they look back at England's 4-0 defeat to one of the tournament favourites, North Korea.  This coverage is supported by Xero, a small business accounting software and official partner of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Join Rachel and Sophie in the Dominican Republic as they cover the Young Lionesses group stage at the U17 FIFA Women's World Cup. In this episode, the look back at England's crazy game against Mexico, where they came back from 2-1 down with only ten players to win 4-2 and book themselves a place in the quarter finals.  This coverage is supported by Xero, a small business accounting software and official partner of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Join Rachel and Sophie in the Dominican Republic as they cover the Young Lionesses group stage at the U17 FIFA Women's World Cup. In this episode, the look back at England's opening fixture against Kenya.   This coverage is supported by Xero, a small business accounting software and official partner of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Extra Time with GirlsontheBall | Super Sub episodes are back. With these extra episodes Rachel and Sophie are aiming to explore the journeys and the work of people involved on and off the pitch in women's football. Today's episode is with Women's Sports Consultant, Lowri Roberts who has gone from leading the marketing at Bristol Academy to working in the FA to being the first Head of Women's Football at the Welsh FA. She has now taken the plunge to work for herself as a consultant. 

Join Rachel and and a very sleepySophie on Extra Time with GirlsontheBall as they look back at the third weekend of the Barclays WSL. Palace made history with their first ever Barclays WSL win. There were five-goal thrillers, spectacular free-kicks and contentious decisions. Plus England youngsters shine.

Join Rachel and Sophie on Extra Time with GirlsontheBall as they look back at the second weekend of the Barclays WSL. There were goals galore underlights, last ditch comebacks and some rather nervy victories. Sophie also picks out her player of the weekend as well as a moment that caught her attention.

Join Rachel and Sophie on Extra Time with GirlsontheBall as they look back at the blockbuster opening weekend of the Barclays WSL. New managers got their feet wet, debutants shone and the Emirates hosted yet another clash of the titans. Sophie also picks out her player of the weekend as well as a tactical switch that caught her attention.

Join Rachel and Sophie from GirlsontheBall for the second part of their 2024-2025 Barclays Women's Super League preview. Will Chelsea win a 6th straight title? Who are their biggest challengers? Can Crystal Palace make the step up? In part 2, they discuss Chelsea, Liverpool, Crystal Palace, Leicester, Man City and West Ham.

Join Rachel and Sophie from GirlsontheBall as they preview the 2024-2025 Barclays Women's Super League.  Will Chelsea win a 6th straight title? Who are their biggest challengers? Can Crystal Palace make the step up? In part 1, they discuss Arsenal,  Manchester United, Aston Villa, Everton, Tottenham + Brighton.

Join Rachel and Sophie from GirlsontheBall as they preview the Barclays Women's Championship. Part 1 covered Birmingham, Blackburn, Bristol, Charlton, Durham and London City Lionesses. In part 2, they look at Newcastle, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Southampton and Sunderland.

Join Rachel and Sophie from GirlsontheBall as they preview the Barclays Women's Championship. After one of the most exciting seasons last year, there's no doubt this one will be even better. In part 1, they discuss Birmingham, Blackburn, Bristol, Charlton, Durham and London City Lionesses. 

It's been 12 years since GirlsontheBall launched. Rachel + Sophie take a meander down memory lane after over a decade covering the women's game, featuring an FA Cup medal, a commemorative England shirt and a singular Karen Bardsley boot.

GirlsontheBall's Rachel and Sophie return after match day 2 at Paris 2024. They discuss the stand-out moments so far from the Olympic games, all the drama around Canada and drone-gate as well as cover Michele Kang's new investment.    

On this special episode of Extra Time with GirlsontheBall, Sophie comes to you from the U19s Lionesses European Championships. With input from manager John Griffiths and players Lexie Potter and Araya Dennis, Sophie brings you insight from camp and explores the importance of the England youth pathway. 

A bonus pod from our holidays/NWSL tour. We travelled to San Diego for their game against the Chicago Red Stars where we sat down with Republic of Ireland forward Kyra Carusa and spent matchday with the Sirens, the Waves' official supporters' group. Christian's podcasts can be found here: Simply Soccer Pod Surf Break Pod